Many of us grow up learning how to shave with a cartridge razor, which believe it or not, is just over 50 years old. Gillette introduced the first cartridge razor, the Trac II, back in the early ‘70s.

New collection features premium double-edge and single-edge safety razors designed to blend timeless craftsmanship with modern ...

Many years ago, I asked John and Joe, the no-nonsense barbers in my small town, about shaving with an old-fashioned straight razor. "Don't bother," they told me. "You'll ruin your face." So I know ...

In a 1990 consumer handbook, the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that the U.S. produced 2 billion disposable razors and razor blades per year. There are now 80 million additional people ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Like getting a haircut, shaving isn't a one-size-fits-all process, but having the ...

Tristan Walker, who grew up fatherless in Queens, N.Y., came of age at a boarding school in Connecticut. When it came time to deal with his increasingly intractable peach fuzz, he got his hands on ...

The first plastic safety razor you ever used is likely still out there, hanging out in a landfill. In fact, nearly all plastic ever created still exists today. This includes heaps of grade school ...

Some say traditional shaving—also known as wet shaving—is a lost art. Everyone is in a rush these days, so shaving with a single edge razor is a thing of the past. It takes more time than shaving with ...

In the disposable shaving razor industry, building a better razor has been a numbers game. First there was the single-blade, then the double blade, then the triple blade. One company even came out ...